Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Reiser's Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias reiseri) - HBW 9, p. 260
French: Tyranneau de Reiser
German: Reiserkleintyrann
Spanish: Mosquerito de Reiser
Taxonomy: Phyllomyias reiseri Hellmayr, 1905, Grotão, Piauí, Brazil.
Genus as presently constituted may be polyphyletic; objective phylogenetic analysis, using molecular characters as well as anatomical ones, is required in order to define generic limits. Anatomical evidence suggests that P. fasciatus, P. griseocapilla and P. griseiceps may be unrelated to others of genus, some or all of which possibly better placed in resurrected genus Tyranniscus. Appears to form a superspecies with P. virescens and P. urichi, and probably closest to latter; all were for long considered conspecific, but differences in morphology (plu.. View all taxonomy...
Genus as presently constituted may be polyphyletic; objective phylogenetic analysis, using molecular characters as well as anatomical ones, is required in order to define generic limits. Anatomical evidence suggests that P. fasciatus, P. griseocapilla and P. griseiceps may be unrelated to others of genus, some or all of which possibly better placed in resurrected genus Tyranniscus. Appears to form a superspecies with P. virescens and P. urichi, and probably closest to latter; all were for long considered conspecific, but differences in morphology (plumage pattern, wing and tail proportions), degree of sexual dimorphism, habitat and voice evident. Has been suggested that P. sclateri also belongs in this group. Monotypic.
Distribution: EC Brazil (S Piauí to N Minas Gerais, S Goiás, Distríto Federal, E Mato Grosso do Sul) and EC Paraguay (Concepción).
- Least Concern
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